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Lily Jamali/KQEDA bipartisan group of state lawmakers has asked for California Attorney General Rob Bonta to probe the spending and administration of the PG&E Fire Victim Trust. -
Courtesy Bill Cook/Courtesy Bill CookWhile California fire victims waited, a special PG&E Fire Victim Trust in charge of compensating survivors racked up $51 million in overhead costs last year. Meanwhile, the Trust disbursed just $7 million.
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Oregonians will have the chance to weigh in on proposed new smoke management rules that could ease the way for more controlled burns aimed at reducing the threat of major wildfires. -
For people living in the 鈥渨ildland-urban interface,鈥� wildfire risk is the new normal, and the risk is increasing as more people move into places where cul-de-sac meets forest or sagebrush.
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More than 46 million homes in the U.S. are vulnerable to wildfire because they were built near forests or sagebrush. Here are some tips to keeping these homes safer from fire. -
The tourism business is taking a pounding in the region this year. Even the people who love living here don't want to stick around when the wildfire smoke鈥� -
Oregon鈥檚 new air-quality web site has had nearly a half-million visits since wildfire activity picked up July 15, creating smoky skies over much of the鈥� -
Officials say the firefighter died Monday at the site of the Mendocino Complex Fire. Over the past several weeks, a total of six firefighters have died in connection to wildfires. -
UPDATE: MONDAY, AUG. 13, 8:30 p.m. -- Just as the River fire is completely contained and the spread of the Ranch fire is slowing, CalFire announced the鈥� -
Updated Sunday, August 12, at 11:33 a.m.Firefighters are battling more than a dozen wildfires throughout California 鈥� including some of the largest in the鈥� -
It was a wild weekend for wildfire in the Northwest. A cold front brought lightning and high winds -- but no rain -- to the region east of the Cascades... -
UPDATE: MONDAY, AUG. 13, 11:30 a.m. -- The Hirz fire near Shasta Lake is proving to be the more troublesome of the two new fires that started in Shasta鈥� -
Air quality readings reached the Hazardous level from wildfire smoke in both Ashland and Medford on Wednesday evening. By Thursday morning, levels had鈥� -
"Bad" and "awful" are common descriptors for the recent air quality in much of the region. Wildfire smoke has pushed the quality into official ranges from鈥�
